ShoreLand'r TA0015 V.1 - Manual (Page 4)

Midwest Industries, Inc. Ida Grove, IA 51445 800.859.3028 www.shorelandr.com
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REV C 11/02/05 Page 4
Breakaway Switch Installation
The breakaway switch provided is required so that the brakes on
the trailer will be applied in the event of an unwanted disconnect
from the tow vehicle.
1. Locate the breakaway switch, Item No. 13 in Diagram D. It was
shipped in one of the battery boxes along with a battery. Place it
on the topside of the drop portion of the tongue as shown. It must
be positioned so that the front of the breakaway switch is three (3)
inches behind the coupler mounting bracket installed earlier. This
is necessary so that the pin in the switch can be pulled out the front
of the breakaway switch to automatically activate the brakes in an
emergency. Mark the mounting hole location. Drill a 13/64” pilot
hole in this location. Replace the breakaway switch. Insert the 1/4”
self-tapping screw provided and secure in place.
2. Locate the violet wire harness that was shipped with the white
grounding harness and removed from the other battery box. Attach
it to the positive terminals of both batteries (Marked with the red
plastic caps). Route the violet wire from one battery to the other
through the notches provided in the backside of each battery box.
3. The remaining terminal on the violet wire as well as the brown
wires from the breakaway switch will be connected to wire harness
No. 5110522 at a later time.
Wiring Instructions
The wire harnesses for all kits are made identical. Some installa-
tions will have excess wire. All excess wire can be placed back into
the tongue when assembly is complete.
Diagram G is a wiring diagram showing what colors wires are con-
nected together for the brake system to operate properly.
Each wire harness section is identified by number as indicated on
the schematic drawing Diagram G.
Side Marker Light Replacement On Aluminum Models Only
The front clearance lights that are on the over 6,000# GVWR alumi-
num trailers have to be removed and replaced with the new clear-
ance lights provided in the kit. Replace as follows:
1. Remove the screws attaching the existing clearance lights to the
tongue and remove.
2. Locate the two new replacement lights. They are identical except
for the plug on the end of the wire where it attaches to the tongue
wire harness. Place the wire in the center hole provided that the
existing light wire came out of the tongue. Pull the wire harness on
the light forward inside the tongue until it comes out the front of the
tongue. Leave the wires until later instructed how to connect into
the new harness.
3. Re-attach the new lights where the old ones were removed using
the new mounting screws provided.
4. Locate wire harness No. 5110488. This harness is used to attach
the tongue harness to the lights on the trailer. Plug the wires from
the front clearance lights into the single plugs on the harness as
indicated on Diagram G. Then pull the harness down through the
tongue and out the rear of the tongue. Connect to the frame har-
ness as indicated in Diagram G. Leave the wires in the front until
directed later.
5. Locate wire harness No. 5110522. Note that one end of the har-
ness has a violet and brown wire connected at a female plug. The
individual wires in this harness are taped together at various loca-
tions. Cut the tape attaching the violet and brown wires that are
joined at the female plug the same distance as what the brown wire
is long. (Approximately 30”).
6. Attach the violet wire from the positive side of the battery (Step 3
of the breakaway instructions) to the plug attaching the violet and
brown wires in harness No. 5110522 just described.
7. Locate the hole in the top of the tongue directly behind where
the two side frames of the trailer meet each other in the front of the
frame. Pull this brown wire, and the remaining single bullet plugs,
black, blue, and another brown wire through the hole in the top of
the tongue and out the front of the tongue. The end of the harness
that has the double plugs must be to the rear of the tongue when
properly installed and will be connected to the actuator at a later
time. See Diagram G.
8. Connect the two brown wires of harness No. 5110522 to the
wires from the breakaway switch. Note that either wire from the
breakaway switch can be plugged into either brown wire in the har-
ness.
9. Locate the tongue harness with the 7-prong plug supplied in the
kit. Insert the end opposite of the plug into the hole in the top of the
tongue located approximately 2” from the front of the 3” x 5” tongue
tube. Pull the wire ends of the 7-prong wire harness out the front of
the tongue so they can be connected to the other harnesses.
10. Connect the wires in the 7-prong tongue harness with the wires
in harness No. 5110488 and 5110522 just installed. Mate the cor-
rect color wires as shown in Diagram G.
11. Route the white ground wire to the side of the tongue. Secure
the grounding ring on the wire to the tongue with a No, 10 self-tap-
ping screw. Route the remaining of harness No. 5110522 down the
side frame of the trailer to the actuator. The wires can be routed
down the side frame and attached to the lower flange of the I-beam.
Note that the kit has split plastic conduit, and plastic ties to hold and
secure the wires. The brake line clips supplied can help to support
them. Note that the harness No. 5110522 harness is a universal
harness that has plug connectors on it. These plugs are to be cut
off and the wires cut to the required length to attach to the leads
from the actuator. Cut, strip the coating on the wires approximately
5/16” and mate the ends of harness No. 5110522 to the actuator
wires as shown in Diagram G. Attach them together with the butt
connectors that are already attached to the leads on the actuator.
Tape all connections just made with electrical tape.
12. Once all connections are made, push any excess wires into
either the tongue or the side frame of the trailer. Place in the rubber
grommets either removed or supplied in the kit to protect the wires
from fraying when the trailer is towed.
13. Wiring should now be complete.
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